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Recognised as Colour

#D9909E

  • #D9909E
  • Red
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rosy brown

#D9909E is a red with RGB values 217, 144, 158 and HSL 348°, 49%, 71%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 8.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rosy brown.

Colour values

#D9909E#D9909E
HEX#D9909E
RGBrgb(217, 144, 158)
RGB (0–1)0.851, 0.5647, 0.6196
RGB percentages85.1%, 56.5%, 62%
HSLhsl(348.5, 49%, 70.8%)
HSV / HSBhsv(348.5, 33.6%, 85.1%)
CMYK0%, 33.6%, 27.2%, 14.9%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer14,258,334
CSS custom property--colour: #D9909E;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.37167WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness170.6 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 8.43:1
Contrast with white2.49:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black8.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#A1A1A1
Inverted#266F61

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#9B9C9Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 30.1 from the original
Deuteranopia#ADA99Dno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 30.4 from the original
Tritanopia#E68A95no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 8.6 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text2.49:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text8.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Rosy brown · ΔE 13.3Light pink · ΔE 13.8Pink · ΔE 17.1Pale violetred · ΔE 17.8Light coral · ΔE 20.5Dark salmon · ΔE 23.8
Nearest named CSS colourRosy brown (#BC8F8F)ΔE 13.31, a distinctly different colour
Hue familyred
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#90D9CB
Analogous#D990C3, #D9A690
Triadic#9ED990, #909ED9
Split complementary#90D9A6, #90C3D9
Tetradic#C3D990, #90D9CB, #A790D9

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#F3DCE0
Lighter +10%#E6B6BF
Darker −10%#CC6A7D
Darker −20%#BF445C
Darker −30%#9B3549
Darker −40%#752837
More saturated +25%#EC7D93
Less saturated −25%#C6A3A9

Channel breakdown

R217
G144
B158
Red217 (85.1%)
Green144 (56.5%)
Blue158 (62%)
Hue348.49°
Saturation (HSL)48.99%
Lightness70.78%
Dominant channelRed
Hex per channelR D9 · G 90 · B 9E

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